Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in patient with cerebral venous thrombosis - a case report.

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Cerebral venous infarction also known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare disease. It is more common in young adults, but three times more common in women than in men. The clinical picture of CVT may vary and non-specific manifestations often delay correct diagnosis. Headaches of various location, nature and severity occur in 90% of cases. Radiology findings in the central nervous system include bilateral cerebral involvement and foci location that does not correspond to arterial supply. More than 100 factors that may predispose to CVT have been identified. The aetiology of CVT remains unknown in about 20% of patients.

A CARE REPORT

In this paper we present a case of 35-year-old woman at 27 weeks of gestation, who was admitted to the hospital after the first epileptic seizure in her life. The patient's history revealed the headaches that had lasted for about 3 months prior. The patient had no family history of hypercoagulability. The patient was diagnosed with CVT - a hemorrhagic lesion in the left hemisphere of the brain as a result of dural sinus thrombosis. Anticoagulant treatment according to current guidelines was started with good results.